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The Future This Week: May 7, 2017 (week of)

“I feel like an email cross-dresser – I use a Microsoft product on my Apple product to access my Google product.”–Brad Feld

Um, OK. I’m guilty as charged, too, Brad Feld. In the 1960’s mixed marriages caused controversy. In the 2010’s it’s mixed technology. But make no mistake about it, whatever you use, the cloud is about to get a lot bigger–and higher. With the SpaceX announcement of its initiative to launch thousands of internet beaming micro satellites beginning in 2019, those unread emails are literally going to be orbiting the earth. That’s just the beginning, in The Future This Week.

Made in Space, Inc., the company behind the 3D printer currently on the International Space Station, unveiled a video of its latest out-of-this world manufacturing venture. It’s a heavier duty 3D printer, called Archinaut, that will have the capability to build entire satellites and even space craft while in orbit. (see below)

Scientist at the Univeristy of Munich have developed a technology to transmit holographic images over the internet. A paper describing how the radiation from a wi-fi transmitter can be used to transmit 3-dimensional images of surrounding environment is available here.